The younger singer carried out the tune “Fashionable Love” through the opening ceremony. A tribute to the president of the jury, who is aware of the tune effectively.
Musical shock on the Cannes Movie Competition. Tuesday, Might 14 within the night, through the opening ceremony, French singer Zaho de Sagazan electrified the Palais des Festivals with a really private cowl of Fashionable Love by David Bowie. A nod to the American Greta Gerwig, director of Barbie and president of the jury, who didn’t disguise her emotion.
“Expensive Greta, you’re a reward to the competition. So the competition has a present for you,” introduced Camille Cottin, mistress of ceremonies, earlier than the lights went out.
It was then that Zaho de Sagazan appeared on the high of the steps of the room to start her interpretation, with electro accents. After taking them off, she took off her sneakers to take the stage the place she carried out a couple of dance steps. Then she approached the filmmaker to sing the final refrain to her.
Properly chosen tune
The 40-year-old director, between laughter and tears all through the efficiency, knew the phrases by coronary heart. As a result of this title was addressed to her: it’s the soundtrack to Frances Ha, a 2012 movie directed by her companion Noah Baumbach, for which she co-wrote the screenplay and wherein she performed the title function.
Zaho de Sagazan has established himself because the musical revelation of the yr 2023 along with his first album, La Symphonie des éclairs. She got here away as the massive winner on the Victoires de la Musique final February with a minimum of 4 trophies.
